Ironing machine



April 11, 1933.

H. F. TOL IRONIIGG MACHINE Filed March 3, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wnwrae /7f 1775/. y/

April 11, 1933. H, TOL 1,903,691

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The invention relates-to power operated ironing machines of the type in which the iron is carried by a support movable along a guide, in a direction parallel to the iron ng ta lo, the intermittent reciprocatory motion or roller, adapted to be brought into contact, at will, with and to roll along one or other of two tracks, positioned one on each side of the axis of said wheel.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means for efi'ecting and controlling the reciprocatory motion and it mainly consists in the driving wheel or roller hem concentrically attached to, or madeintegra with, a ulley driven by the ower means, the she t of said pulley hem pivotally mounted while means are provi ed for tilting said pulley-shaft in a plane perpendicular to said tracks for the driving wheel or roller.

In order to have the motion automatically sto ped as soon as the iron has reached the emi of the table in either direction the pulley shaft according to the invention may be provided with a roller or equivalent, cooperating with a running surfaceor ramp for the same at each end of the ide. As soon as said roller comes into contact with and rides on one or other of said running surfaces or ramps, the pulley shaft is moved and automatlcally brought into a position in which the driving wheel or roller is clear of both its tracks so that it no longermovea the iron.

The accompanyin drawings illustrate the invention by way 0 example.

' Fig. 1 is a vertical cross section of the machine.

' Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the line 11-11 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the pulley and drivin wheel with its tilting mechanism.

- ig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fl .1. I

arm frame 4:; By meansof rollers such as 5, 6, said su porting arm frame may travel longitudinal y along a guide comprising channel bars 7, 8,. 9. Secured to said frame 4 is an electric motor 10, driving through the belt 11 a pulley 12. Said pulley 12 which is hollow (see Fig. 2) is ri 'dly attached to or made integral with a rictlon wheel or roller 13 adapted to roll along one or other of two tracks or running surfaces 14 and 15 on the channel bars 8 and 9 respectively of the guide. In this manner reverse motion of the supporting frame may be obtained.

the driving wheel 13, at will, into contact with one or other of the tracks, the shaft of the pulley 12 is mounted as shown in the Fig ures 2 .and 3 of the drawings, that is to say, the pulley 12 which is hollow as shown and the driving wheel 13 which is also hollow form to ether one body, rotatable upon a central s aft 16 which is fixed in a crosshead to In order to enable the operator to bring .the direction of the arrow 24 (Fig. 1) the cross head 17 will be rotated one we or the other thus causing the shaft 16, fixe in said crosshead, to tilt in a plane perpendicular to the tracks 14 and 15.

In order to be able to adjust the driving wheel or roller 13 in respect to the tracks the shaft 22 and the arms 20, 21, are arranged as shown. On loosening the nut 25, the shaft 22 may be slightly rotated one way or the other so as to give the pivots 18, 19 the correct position.

' At the end of. the shaft 16 a roller 26 is mounted so as to be freely rotatable about its spindle 27." At each end of the table the channel bars 8 and 9 of the guide are provided with short strips or ramps, such as 28, shown in Fig. 1, for said roller. There would be a ramp 28 depending from the bar 9 and a ramp 28 on the bar 8, so that, as soon as the frame reaches one end of its travel, the roller 26 will contact with the stri or ramp 28 at that end and the shaft 16 wit the driving wheel be slightl lifted (or pressed down as the case may be? in such a way that the driving wheel or re ler will be held just clear of its tracks (14, 15) and therefore the frame be stopped automatically against further travel.

It will be seen the pulley, the wheel or roller 13 and the roller 26ers all concentri cally arranged about the shaft 16.

It will be clear the invention is not restricted to machines driven by an electric motor fixed to the support frame as the frame ma 'be operated by transmission eating.

ther ower means than e be-t may he used for riving the pulley 12.

I claim An ironing machine comprising an iron, a table, a pair of tracks fixed adjacent thereto, a frame supporting the iron and having 2: shaft fixed therein parallel with said. tracks, arms fixed to the shaft, a crosshead joaur nailed in the arms, a second shaft fixed to the crossheed in a plane perpendicular to said -tracks, a pulley on said second shaft, means for rotating the pulley, a wheel in the pleue of and between the tracks and fixed to the pulley, means for rotatin the crosshesd te alternatively move the w eel into engagement with either ef the tracks for moving the frame, end thus the iron with respect te the table during rotation of the pulley end. Wheel.

In testimony whereof I a my. sigiatureu HERMANUS FRANCISGUS TUL. 

